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How Not to Write an API

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Deeper problem (Score: 5, Insightful)

by mth@pipedot.org on 2014-03-10 15:06 (#CG)

It is not just a bad idea to return a password through an API; a properly designed application wouldn't even be able to offer such an API call because it would store password hashes instead of actual passwords.

Re: Deeper problem (Score: 4, Interesting)

by mth@pipedot.org on 2014-03-10 15:08 (#CK)

Hmmm... I'm able to moderate my own posts.

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Time Reason Points Voter
2014-03-11 08:45 Interesting +1 hyperquantum@pipedot.org
2014-03-10 17:39 Interesting +1 jeditrainer@pipedot.org
2014-03-11 16:32 Interesting +1 kerrany@pipedot.org

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